Polish rider Maciej Paterski of Liquigas-Cannondale found the fulcrum, slipping in just behind teammate Federico Canuti at the finish of the Amstel Gold spring classic. Both Paterski and Canuti finished 2:21 behind race leader Enrico Gasparotto of Team Astana.

The end of the race was brought up by Italian Marco Bandiera of Omega Pharma-Quickstep, finishing 11 minutes and 31 seconds back of the winner.